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gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 8.0B · Q8_0

Excellent

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.5:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max

Global Score
91 vs 83
Hardware Fit
88 vs 100
Quality Score
92 vs 76

Hardware

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0 qwen3.5:4b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Max
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0 qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec30.032.4
First chunk311 ms306 ms
TTFT6.2 s306 ms
Load time6.9 s2.7 s
Memory usage5.0 GB6.5 GB
Memory %31%20%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

Speed
50/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest